I mentioned awhile ago that an acquaintance had wanted to sell their bookings for a vacation down the Oregon Coast in September and had said it was $500 USD.

As I have a US account, I'd said that was fine, I'd pay her the $500 USD and take on her booking. She told me it was $498.00 USD, but she was asking $500. So fine, I said I'd pay her the $500 USD. I wasn't going to quibble over $2.00.

Now, here comes the sticky part and I'm not sure what to do about it. She then kept telling me that she'd let me know how much Canadian it was and I kept saying it was okay, I'd just pay her the US funds. Anyway, she emailed me that it was $667.00 Canadian, which, as our dollar is stronger now, makes the holiday $525.00. In essence, she's asking me for the exchange rate and her bank charges.

I have an issue with this. If I was to book the vacation myself, it would be $500 USD and that would be it. I would not have any exchange or bank fees. Certainly, when I charge for my product, I don't tell people the exchange rate is such and such so they owe me more.

When she wrote on fb that the holiday was $500, and then $500 USD and first two weeks then turns out to be only 8 days, the deal is looking less and less like a good deal and more and more like she's trying to make money on something she would lose money on if she were to just cancel it.

I'm in a bit of a quandary over this and although it doesn't sound like a lot, I'm perturbed at the changes and would never do this to someone. If she wanted the Canadian funds, she should have advertised it as $667.00 Cdn. I suspect she advertised it at $500 for two weeks because that sounded like such a superb deal. Then saying it was $500 USD, thinking that with the low dollar, she'd score in the plus department on the exchange. When she realized she'd get paid in US dollars and would probably not make money, all of a sudden she wants the Canadian equivalent.

So, I'm supposed to pay her this morning for the vacation, and I took out $500 USD out of my US account. Would you pay her the $500 or would you pay her the extra to cover her exchange rate? Or would you just cancel the whole thing and book your own vacation?

The dollar is being devalued to help US exports, everyone will have to adjust their price list. But no I don't think you should pay higher than $500US, I myself have taken a knock when my own price list was out of date. School fees, lessons learned

To teach her a lesson, I would tell her that since she is altering the termsand trying to make money off you, when you were trying to help her,that the new offer is - $400 US and that you'll transfer US funds directly. Take it or leave it.

If she leaves it, you can book your own vacation wherever you like, for as long as you like, including the whole 2 weeks. You may need a vacation after you're unpacked.

Well, that's done. I said I'd pay the $500 USD and she said it wasn't the same as $667 Cdn and I said she'd changed the terms several times and advertised it as $500 US. I kept telling her I'd pay $500 US, and she said it initially was 10 days but was only 8 and one of those days wasn't paid for.

I told her if she had someone else interested then to go ahead and sell it to them. She hung up on me. Well, you start screwing around with people on a trip, then to hell with it. I'm not paying for your exchange and bank fees.

So there you go. You start screwing around with terms, don't be surprised when people decide it's not worth it.

Sublime_Lady

Jul 15 @ 2:10PM

Good for you ...... who wants to deal with someone who keeps changing things ...

it was BS already when the dates were less ..... she figured she had you snagged and that you would pay whatever she demanded.

a"friend" wont screw ya around like this...if terms begin changing...then let it go..book your own travel...she had her chance...her loss...not yours....It's hard to understand when someone is being deceitful when you are trying to be helpful...I am still stinging over my latest..er..."sting"....